Michael Suarez
I write and occasionally teach English classes. When I'm not doing either, I'm watching something awesome, reading something awesome, listening to something awesome, eating something awesome, or resting. Actually, not everything I do is awesome, but I'm okay with that. My loves include Lost, cinema from the '90s and aughts, U2, David Bowie, most of Star Wars, and - you know what? I love a lot of things. More things than I hate.
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in PremieresScrubs (2026) S1E1: “My Return” (Season Premiere)
Scrubs ended its original run on March 17, 2010. 16 years later, it has returned with most of the original cast. I adored Scrubs, including the uneven seventh and ninth seasons, so when I heard that the show was returning, I was excited. However, there were some reservations. After all, there have been a lot […] More
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Andor is Great Television, Period
The following contains spoilers for the entirety of Andor and Star Wars more generally It amazes me that anyone ever questioned the necessity for this show’s existence, but I don’t mind being right every now and then. When Andor was announced many years ago, I was excited. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is one of […] More
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The Season 2 Premiere of Andor and Points of View
The following recap contains spoilers for the Season 2 premiere of Andor, S2E1, “One Year Later”; S2E2, “Sagrona Teema”; and S2E3, “Harvest” (written by Tony Gilroy and directed by Ariel Kleiman) “So, what do I sacrifice? Everything!” – Luthen Rael (Season 1, Episode 10) Per the title of the first episode of Season 2, it’s […] More
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Black Mirror S7E1 Recap: “Common People” — Upgrade or Die
The following recap contains spoilers for Black Mirror S7E1, “Common People” (written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Ally Pankiw) “You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go” – Pulp The moment Dum Dummies was shown, I knew where things were […] More
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Daredevil Is Good and Gritty Marvel TV
Back in 2015, Daredevil premiered on Netflix. It was the first of four interconnected series that eventually led to an Avengers-style team-up series called The Defenders. The series was acclaimed for its ground-level approach to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), essentially answering the question of what life was like for the “regular” people who lived […] More
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Roswell: The Perfect Pilot
I was the same age as the characters in Roswell when it premiered on October 6, 1999, on the WB. The network was a big deal for a lot of young people in 1999, along with other iconic and mainstream stuff like MTV’s Total Request Live. There were movies of all genres featuring actors from […] More
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The Hilarity and Heartbreak of Scrubs
In September 2001, several iconic shows of the aughts premiered, including one comedy that, despite acclaim and consistent solid writing, rarely found itself at the Emmys over its 9-season run. Scrubs is one of my favorite TV shows of all time, and revisiting several episodes recently led me to the opinion that the series, in […] More
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Friends: The One About “The Last One”
When the series finale of Friends aired on May 6, 2004, a reported 52.5 million tuned in to watch it live. Not counting anything having to do with the Super Bowl, no episode of scripted television has attracted close to that amount since, and it’s been twenty years. Also, it’s important to repeat that 52.5 […] More
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Dawson’s Creek Is More Than Just a Teen Drama
25 years ago this past January, Dawson’s Creek premiered on the WB. 20 years ago this past May, its series finale aired. In both instances, the show earned decent ratings and critical acclaim. I loved the show when I watched it as a teen, and rewatching a lot of it earlier this year for the […] More
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The Sarah Connor Chronicles Was the Best T2 Sequel
I was privileged to watch the first episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles when I attended my first and only Comic-Con in the summer of 2007. The show seemed interesting enough. I was a fan of the Terminator films, but I cannot overstate how little of a chance I originally gave this show. Let […] More
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Westworld S4E8: “Que Será, Será” — Video Games
The following contains spoilers for Westworld S4E8 “Que Será, Será” (directed by Richard J. Lewis and written by Alison Schapker & Jonathan Nolan) “It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you Everything I do I tell you all the time Heaven is a place on earth with you” – Lana Del Rey (“Video Games”) I’m unsure […] More
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Westworld S4E7: “Metanoia” — Cockroaches Shall Inherit the Earth
The following contains spoilers for Westworld S4E7 “Metanoia” (directed by Meera Menon and written by Desa Larkin-Boutte & Denise Thé) After last week’s relatively slow, but thematically rich episode, Westworld S4E7 “Metanoia” moves at such a fast narrative pace that I was kind of bummed about it. I wish I could’ve spent more time with the […] More
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